Olen Gunnlaugson
Job Title
Associate Professor in Leadership and Organizational Development
Employer
Université Laval
Overview
The PhD in Educational Studies is a research-oriented doctoral program for students interested in any of the study areas offered in the department, such as adult and community education and social movements; citizenship and human rights; continuing professional education; cultural politics, critical multiculturalism and feminist studies; educational leadership and policy; epistemology (the study of knowledge and knowing), ethics, and political philosophy; equity in education (on the axes of race, disability, gender, class, and sexuality); Indigenous education; international and comparative education; media, popular culture and representation or youth and children in schools, families, and communities.
Students are required to take two first-year doctoral seminars and a second-year doctoral seminar. All other courses in a student's program are determined in consultation with faculty. Students in the PhD program typically devote two years to coursework, and two to four years to developing and carrying out a research project designed to make an original contribution to knowledge in the study area.
Quick Facts
Program Components Dissertation
Career Outcomes
74 students graduated between 2005 and 2013: 3 graduates are seeking employment; 1 is in a non-salaried situation; for 4 we have no data (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016). For the remaining 66 graduates:
RI (Research-Intensive) Faculty: typically tenure-track faculty positions (equivalent of the North American Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor positions) in PhD-granting institutions
TI (Teaching-Intensive) Faculty: typically full-time faculty positions in colleges or in institutions not granting PhDs, and teaching faculty at PhD-granting institutions
Term Faculty: faculty in term appointments (e.g. sessional lecturers, visiting assistant professors, etc.)
Sample Employers in Higher Education
University of British Columbia (15)Kwantlen Polytechnic University (3)
University of the Fraser Valley (2)
Vancouver Island University (2)
Universite Laval
Calvin College
Brock University
University of Calgary
Whatcom Community College
Simon Fraser University
Sample Employers Outside Higher Education
BC School District (2)World Vision International
Our Lady of Guadalupe Tonantzin Community Society
Yukon Department of Education
Kootenay Boundary Community Services Cooperative
Ismali Tariqua and Religious Education Board
Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group
Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association
St Paul's Hospital Foundation
Canadian eLearning Network
Sample Job Titles Outside Higher Education
Consultant (2)Executive director (2)
Owner (2)
Director, Problematic Substance Use Prevention
Education Technical Lead, Integrated Programmes Department
VIce Principal
Author
Consultant (Therapist)
Contract Researcher
Teacher
PhD Career Outcome Survey
You may view the full report on career outcomes of UBC PhD graduates on outcomes.grad.ubc.ca.Disclaimer
These data represent historical employment information and do not guarantee future employment prospects for graduates of this program. They are for informational purposes only. Data were collected through either alumni surveys or internet research.Alumni on Success
Research Supervisors
Supervision
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for this program
Applicants should browse faculty profiles and indicate in their application who they are interested in working with. No commitment from a supervisor prior to applying is necessary, but contacting faculty members is encouraged.
It is very important to contact at least one EDST faculty member who could be a potential supervisor of your PhD work (i.e. has expertise and interest in the area and/or topic you want to focus on) and inquire whether they would be willing to supervise your work.
Advice and insights from UBC Faculty on reaching out to supervisors
These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
- Abdi, Ali (Decolonizing philosophies of education, Development education, Critical research methodologies,; Human rights education; Decolonizing philosophies of education, Development education, Critical research methodologies, , Human rights education)
- Ahenakew, Cash (Cultural studies, Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education)
- Andres, Lesley (life course research; international comparative higher education; sociology of higher education; Life course research, International comparative higher education, Sociology of higher education)
- Ellis, Jason (Education policy; history of education; Education policy, History of education)
- Fallon, Gerald (Indigenous Studies, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and Organizations, Policy, Research methodologies)
- Gill, Hartej (Cultural studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Teaching and Practice)
- Gleason, Mona (history of childhood; history of education, history of children’s medical treatment in Canada; history of women in Canada, history of gender and sexuality, History of children and youth and the history of education, critical approaches to children and youth, gender and sexuality, the body, race and nation, research methods in education, and schooling and the familyautobiographical approaches to the history of family, and schooling, mothering and language learning, Indigenous priorities in schooling, gender culture in kindergarten, sexuality and HIV prevention education in the context of South Africa, and educational leadership as a key concept in Early Childhood Education)
- Kelly, Deirdre (Children and youth, Gender studies, Media and democracy, Social justice, Sociology of Education)
- Kovach, Margaret
- Mazawi, Andre (Citizenship and democracy, Higher education, International and Comparative Education, Leadership and organizations, Research methodologies, Sociology of Education)
- Metcalfe, Amy (Higher Education Studies; Higher Education Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education; Science and Knowledge; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Higher Education Studies, Higher Education Policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Internationalization, Migration Studies, Academic Labour and Mobility, Visual Research Methods, Campus Environments)
- Rocha, Sam (Philosophical Traditions in Education; philosophy of education; Philosophical Traditions in Education, Philosophy of education)
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education; Environmental philosophy and education, Philosophy of education, Political education)
- Shan, Hongxia (Immigration and adult education and learning; Lifelong learning; Gender and work; Prof. learning; Immigration and adult education and learning, Lifelong learning, Gender and work, Prof. learning)
- Stack, Michelle (Community Engaged Research; Knowledge translation; Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies; University Rankings and Equity; Disability studies; anti-racism; media education; Community Engaged Research, Knowledge Translation, Cooperatives and Social Solidarity Economies, University Rankings and Equity, Disability Studies, Anti-Racism, Media Education)
- Stein, Sharon Rebekah (Higher education; Environmental education and extension; Comparative and cross-cultural education; Educational theory; Global education; Higher Education; International and comparative education; International education; Pedagogy and education; Post-colonial studies; Race/ethnicity; Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Social justice; sustainability; climate change; Climate education; Transdisciplinarity; Educational theory, Global education, Higher education, International and comparative education, International education, Pedagogy and education, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Social and cultural foundations of education, Social justice, Sustainability, Climate change, Climate education, Transdisciplinarity)
- Taylor, Alison (Education, Knowledge and Skills; Educational Context; Political Contexts; Social Contexts; Social Policies; Education, Knowledge and Skills, Educational Context, Political Contexts, Social Contexts, Social Policies)
- Vanwynsberghe, Robert (Citizenship and democracy, Social justice, Sustainability; Sustainability; Environmental Education; Theory and Method)
- Walker, Judith (Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education; adult education, higher education, policy studies, health professions education)
- Wang, Fei (Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership; educators' health and wellbeing; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting, Leadership , The role of the school principals, Social justice and diversity, Comparative policy studies, Education and Training Management, Ideology and Social Policy, Social Contract and Social Justice, Offshore school and its leadership, educators' health and wellbeing)
- Webb, Philip (Education governance, policy, and politics; Michel Foucault; Gilles Deleuze; Neoliberalism; Governmentality; Micropolitics; Biopolitics; Subjectivity; Artificial Intelligence; Education governance, policy, and politics, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Neoliberalism, Governmentality, Micropolitics , Biopolitics, Subjectivity, Artificial Intelligence)
- Wright, Handel ((post)multiculturalism and multicultural education; Africana studies; Critical Race Theory; Cultural Studies; Educational Approaches; identity, citizenship and belonging; postcolonialism and decolonization; Transcultural Studies; Youth Studies; anti-racism; (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education, Africana studies, Critical Race Theory, Cultural studies, Educational Approaches, Identity, citizenship and belonging, Postcolonialism and decolonization, Transcultural Studies, Youth studies, anti-racism)
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